A(H1N1) - Food For Thoughts

We were all shocked yesterday but not surprised over the news that this Flu strain finally reaches our shore due to the movement of people of this globalized world!

Based on the details from the newspapers, the patient arrived on Wednesday morning assuming he went thru the health screening for fever at the airport twice, he then went home and only hospitalized on Thursday and the announcement to public came in on Friday.

The whole journey lasted at least for more than 48 hours since he touched down in KLIA before our authority made such announcement to the public. Is it not too slow? What wrong if we make this announcement on Wednesday that there is a patient admitted to a hospital and suspected to have A(H1N1) flu-like syndrome but subject to further testing? We have exposed those people who are at the hospital to say the least on Wednesday by the late announcement!

He could have met, to say the least, or infected lots of people i.e. co-passenger, immigration officer, duty free shop/cafe assistant, taxi drivers, his family, friends, hospital staff/visitors, ....etc whom he came to contact with. Is it not this sounds alarming!

Are the measures put in place at the airport adequate to protect the people? Did the officers in charged of this health screening at KLIA or even at the point of departure at Newark NY conducted their duties diligently?

Have we, the authorities or W.H.O. done enough? Even people should think before traveling during this period if they do not feel comfortable or have flu like syndrome... are they ignorant, naive, or just stupidity? Was it that the flu did not manifest during the said journey back home from NY?

I do not have an answer for this.......

Life is About How Well We Manage Disappointments

Life is a journey and not a destination ...

Life is not about celebration of success as success is no brainer and not challenging.

Life is about how well we manage our disappointments to rebound, recover and refresh to move on to scale further heights.

Every single disappointment brings us valuable lessons and make us stronger each time, and position us to take up further challenges ahead of us.

Take each disappointment as a blessing and makes us more resilient to the next ones to come ..... until we reach our final destination.

Cheer up. It can only be better tomorrow!

Murphy's Law or Law of Universe

Nothing is alone or comes single ... that includes the Global Economy Meltdown! Swine Flu Pandemic might be joining in to make things worst!?

Life is interesting... I am sure most of us encountered sometimes in our lives, there are times when you tried everything possible and work your guts out, things would NOT get any better. However when things start to turn, everything is just right and rosy even those you had never asked for or without lifting a finger... interesting. Welcome to the real world.........

Call it Murphy's Law, Law of Universe or whatever you'd like, there is nothing much one can do to change this law of nature, give your best, work as hard as possible, start praying and hope for the best. If our best is still not good enough, hard luck, try again, again & again!

"When the going get tough, the tough get going", that's how the song goes, and how true that is!

Things are not as rosy currently for most of us, but we can be sure that there is always a Spring after long cold Winter, and Sun never fails to rise the next morning after darkness. We need to accept and face one disappointment after another and manage them well..... MORNING always awaits us the very next day!

Hang in there.....!